The mayor of Newark, N.J., has told the Washington state Democratic Party convention that the Obama campaign offered some advice as he prepared his Seattle speech _ don't stick your foot in your mouth again.

Campus police arrested 13 demonstrators occupying the admissions office at the University of California, Los Angeles to protest what they say are too few admissions of black, Latino and Native American students.

When the Los Angeles Angels had two on and two outs in a tie game, Texas manager Ron Washington summoned Alexi Ogando. It seemed like a good decision, because the right-hander retired his first batter in 21 of his previous 24 appearances this season.

Two female foreign aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues were rescued in a pre-dawn raid Saturday after being held by militants for 11 days in a cave in northern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led military coalition said.

SAN DIEGO ---- On the day when Johan Santana threw the first no-hitter in the 50-year history of the New York Mets, Clayton Richard fell 23 outs short of removing the Padres from baseball's records book.

An American drone fired two missiles at a motorbike in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing two suspected militants, officials said, as the U.S. pushed on with its drone campaign despite repeated Pakistani protests.

Pitcher Russell Harmening won’t win the San Diego Section strikeout derby, but he certainly knows how to paint the black. He proved that to The Rock in leading Vista Calvary Christian to an 8-4 victory in Friday’s Division V championship game at Eastlake High.

SAN DIEGO ---- Six potential buyers have studied the Padres' books, but only four are considered serious players as a potential sale draws near, a source with knowledge of the negotiations has confirmed.

Jemile Weeks managed to get a ground ball past Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer for a leadoff double Friday night, and for a fleeting moment it seemed as if the Oakland Athletics might emerge from their offensive funk.

Fingerprint comparison has confirmed that a 62-year-old man who died from a gunshot wound after a confrontation with officers in southeast Oregon was a fugitive who disappeared from Indiana 12 years ago.